Re: [PATCH] pakfire.cgi: Implement logic to lock the page until pakfire has been fully launched.

Re: [PATCH] pakfire.cgi: Implement logic to lock the page until pakfire has been fully launched.

[Michael Tremer]

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Hello,

I had a brief phone call with Stefan yesterday where he said that he was going to have a look at this again.

In the meantime he said that the patch can be shipped because it does not break anything, although it doesn’t solve the problem it was meant to solve either.

Can everybody confirm this?

-Michael

> On 5 Nov 2021, at 19:10, Jon Murphy <jcmurphy26(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> In Core Update 161 (testing):  Same issue.  I see the spin and Pakfire is working . . . but no messages.
> 
> IPFire 2.27 (x86_64) - Core Update 161 Development Build: master/191347cc
> 
> Jon
> 
> 
>> On Oct 21, 2021, at 5:17 AM, Bernhard Bitsch <bbitsch(a)ipfire.org> wrote:
>> 
>> Reviewed-by: Bernhard Bitsch <bbitsch(a)ipfire.org>
>> 
>> The locking is functioning.
>> But the excerpt of /var/log/messages isn't displayed.
>> 
>> Am 18.10.2021 um 21:09 schrieb Stefan Schantl:
>>> When performing any action which requires pakfire, the page gets locked
>>> with an message informing the user that pakfire is working. The page
>>> will be reloaded when pakfire has been launched and is doing the
>>> requested operation - showing the well known log output. This also
>>> happens when pakfire has been launched via any kind of terminal or SSH
>>> session and the CGI gets accessed.
>>> Internally before pakfire gets started a variable called page_lock will
>>> be set to lock the page. An while loop will keep the page locked until
>>> pakfire is launched fully and has written it's lock_file.
>>> This approach will prevent us from any kind of required time intervall
>>> or race conditions.
>>> Signed-off-by: Stefan Schantl <stefan.schantl(a)ipfire.org>
>>> ---
>>>  html/cgi-bin/pakfire.cgi | 49 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
>>>  1 file changed, 47 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>> diff --git a/html/cgi-bin/pakfire.cgi b/html/cgi-bin/pakfire.cgi
>>> index 0cf522ba1..f2381f031 100644
>>> --- a/html/cgi-bin/pakfire.cgi
>>> +++ b/html/cgi-bin/pakfire.cgi
>>> @@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ $cgiparams{'VALID'} = '';
>>>  $cgiparams{'INSPAKS'} = '';
>>>  $cgiparams{'DELPAKS'} = '';
>>>  +my $page_lock;
>>> +
>>>  sub refreshpage{&Header::openbox( 'Waiting', 1, "<meta http-equiv='refresh' content='1;'>" );print "<center><img src='/images/clock.gif' alt='' /><br/><font color='red'>$Lang::tr{'pagerefresh'}</font></center>";&Header::closebox();}
>>>    &Header::getcgihash(\%cgiparams);
>>> @@ -57,8 +59,9 @@ sub refreshpage{&Header::openbox( 'Waiting', 1, "<meta http-equiv='refresh' cont
>>>  if (($cgiparams{'ACTION'} eq 'install') && (! -e $Pakfire::lockfile)) {
>>>  	my @pkgs = split(/\|/, $cgiparams{'INSPAKS'});
>>>  	if ("$cgiparams{'FORCE'}" eq "on") {
>>> +		# Lock the page.
>>> +		$page_lock = "1";
>>>  		&General::system_background("/usr/local/bin/pakfire", "install", "--non-interactive", "--no-colors", @pkgs);
>>> -		sleep(2);
>>>  	} else {
>>>  		&Header::openbox("100%", "center", $Lang::tr{'request'});
>>>  		my @output = &General::system_output("/usr/local/bin/pakfire", "resolvedeps", "--no-colors", @pkgs);
>>> @@ -95,8 +98,9 @@ END
>>>  } elsif (($cgiparams{'ACTION'} eq 'remove') && (! -e $Pakfire::lockfile)) {
>>>  	my @pkgs = split(/\|/, $cgiparams{'DELPAKS'});
>>>  	if ("$cgiparams{'FORCE'}" eq "on") {
>>> +		# Lock the page.
>>> +		$page_lock = "1";
>>>  		&General::system_background("/usr/local/bin/pakfire", "remove", "--non-interactive", "--no-colors", @pkgs);
>>> -		sleep(2);
>>>  	} else {
>>>  		&Header::openbox("100%", "center", $Lang::tr{'request'});
>>>  		my @output = &General::system_output("/usr/local/bin/pakfire", "resolvedeps", "--no-colors", @pkgs);
>>> @@ -132,8 +136,12 @@ END
>>>  	}
>>>    } elsif (($cgiparams{'ACTION'} eq 'update') && (! -e $Pakfire::lockfile)) {
>>> +	# Set variable to lock the page.
>>> +	$page_lock = "1";
>>>  	&General::system_background("/usr/local/bin/pakfire", "update", "--force", "--no-colors");
>>>  } elsif (($cgiparams{'ACTION'} eq 'upgrade') && (!-e $Pakfire::lockfile)) {
>>> +	# Lock the page.
>>> +	$page_lock = "1";
>>>  	&General::system_background("/usr/local/bin/pakfire", "upgrade", "-y", "--no-colors");
>>>  } elsif ($cgiparams{'ACTION'} eq "$Lang::tr{'save'}") {
>>>  	$pakfiresettings{"TREE"} = $cgiparams{"TREE"};
>>> @@ -169,6 +177,43 @@ if ($errormessage) {
>>>  	&Header::closebox();
>>>  }
>>>  +# Check if a page lock is required.
>>> +if ($page_lock) {
>>> +	&Header::openbox('Waiting', 1, ,);
>>> +		print <<END;
>>> +		<table>
>>> +			<tr>
>>> +				<td>
>>> +					<img src='/images/indicator.gif' alt='$Lang::tr{'active'}' title='$Lang::tr{'active'}'>
>>> +				</td>
>>> +
>>> +				<td>
>>> +					$Lang::tr{'pakfire working'}
>>> +				</td>
>>> +			</tr>
>>> +		</table>
>>> +END
>>> +	&Header::closebox();
>>> +
>>> +	# Infinite loop to lock the page until pakfire lockfile is present.
>>> +	while($page_lock) {
>>> +		unless (-e $Pakfire::lockfile) {
>>> +			sleep(1);
>>> +		} else {
>>> +			# Release page lock.
>>> +			undef($page_lock);
>>> +
>>> +			# Break loop.
>>> +			last;
>>> +		}
>>> +	}
>>> +
>>> +	# Perform page reload.
>>> +	print "<meta http-equiv='refresh' content='1;'>\n";
>>> +	exit;
>>> +}
>>> +
>>> +# Check if pakfire is already running. In this case a lockfile is present.
>>>  if (-e $Pakfire::lockfile) {
>>>  	&Header::openbox( 'Waiting', 1, "<meta http-equiv='refresh' content='10;'>" );
>>>  	print <<END;
> 

Re: [PATCH] pakfire.cgi: Implement logic to lock the page until pakfire has been fully launched.

[Adolf Belka]

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Hi Michael,

On 10/11/2021 09:56, Michael Tremer wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I had a brief phone call with Stefan yesterday where he said that he was going to have a look at this again.
>
> In the meantime he said that the patch can be shipped because it does not break anything, although it doesn’t solve the problem it was meant to solve either.
>
> Can everybody confirm this?

I believe I can confirm that. There was no window showing the log messages but the pointer had a spinning circle on it and when that had stopped spinning I had an updated system ready to reboot. After reboot it was fine.

Regards,

Adolf.

> -Michael
>
>> On 5 Nov 2021, at 19:10, Jon Murphy <jcmurphy26(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> In Core Update 161 (testing):  Same issue.  I see the spin and Pakfire is working . . . but no messages.
>>
>> IPFire 2.27 (x86_64) - Core Update 161 Development Build: master/191347cc
>>
>> Jon
>>
>>
>>> On Oct 21, 2021, at 5:17 AM, Bernhard Bitsch <bbitsch(a)ipfire.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> Reviewed-by: Bernhard Bitsch <bbitsch(a)ipfire.org>
>>>
>>> The locking is functioning.
>>> But the excerpt of /var/log/messages isn't displayed.
>>>
>>> Am 18.10.2021 um 21:09 schrieb Stefan Schantl:
>>>> When performing any action which requires pakfire, the page gets locked
>>>> with an message informing the user that pakfire is working. The page
>>>> will be reloaded when pakfire has been launched and is doing the
>>>> requested operation - showing the well known log output. This also
>>>> happens when pakfire has been launched via any kind of terminal or SSH
>>>> session and the CGI gets accessed.
>>>> Internally before pakfire gets started a variable called page_lock will
>>>> be set to lock the page. An while loop will keep the page locked until
>>>> pakfire is launched fully and has written it's lock_file.
>>>> This approach will prevent us from any kind of required time intervall
>>>> or race conditions.
>>>> Signed-off-by: Stefan Schantl <stefan.schantl(a)ipfire.org>
>>>> ---
>>>>   html/cgi-bin/pakfire.cgi | 49 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
>>>>   1 file changed, 47 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>>> diff --git a/html/cgi-bin/pakfire.cgi b/html/cgi-bin/pakfire.cgi
>>>> index 0cf522ba1..f2381f031 100644
>>>> --- a/html/cgi-bin/pakfire.cgi
>>>> +++ b/html/cgi-bin/pakfire.cgi
>>>> @@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ $cgiparams{'VALID'} = '';
>>>>   $cgiparams{'INSPAKS'} = '';
>>>>   $cgiparams{'DELPAKS'} = '';
>>>>   +my $page_lock;
>>>> +
>>>>   sub refreshpage{&Header::openbox( 'Waiting', 1, "<meta http-equiv='refresh' content='1;'>" );print "<center><img src='/images/clock.gif' alt='' /><br/><font color='red'>$Lang::tr{'pagerefresh'}</font></center>";&Header::closebox();}
>>>>     &Header::getcgihash(\%cgiparams);
>>>> @@ -57,8 +59,9 @@ sub refreshpage{&Header::openbox( 'Waiting', 1, "<meta http-equiv='refresh' cont
>>>>   if (($cgiparams{'ACTION'} eq 'install') && (! -e $Pakfire::lockfile)) {
>>>>   	my @pkgs = split(/\|/, $cgiparams{'INSPAKS'});
>>>>   	if ("$cgiparams{'FORCE'}" eq "on") {
>>>> +		# Lock the page.
>>>> +		$page_lock = "1";
>>>>   		&General::system_background("/usr/local/bin/pakfire", "install", "--non-interactive", "--no-colors", @pkgs);
>>>> -		sleep(2);
>>>>   	} else {
>>>>   		&Header::openbox("100%", "center", $Lang::tr{'request'});
>>>>   		my @output = &General::system_output("/usr/local/bin/pakfire", "resolvedeps", "--no-colors", @pkgs);
>>>> @@ -95,8 +98,9 @@ END
>>>>   } elsif (($cgiparams{'ACTION'} eq 'remove') && (! -e $Pakfire::lockfile)) {
>>>>   	my @pkgs = split(/\|/, $cgiparams{'DELPAKS'});
>>>>   	if ("$cgiparams{'FORCE'}" eq "on") {
>>>> +		# Lock the page.
>>>> +		$page_lock = "1";
>>>>   		&General::system_background("/usr/local/bin/pakfire", "remove", "--non-interactive", "--no-colors", @pkgs);
>>>> -		sleep(2);
>>>>   	} else {
>>>>   		&Header::openbox("100%", "center", $Lang::tr{'request'});
>>>>   		my @output = &General::system_output("/usr/local/bin/pakfire", "resolvedeps", "--no-colors", @pkgs);
>>>> @@ -132,8 +136,12 @@ END
>>>>   	}
>>>>     } elsif (($cgiparams{'ACTION'} eq 'update') && (! -e $Pakfire::lockfile)) {
>>>> +	# Set variable to lock the page.
>>>> +	$page_lock = "1";
>>>>   	&General::system_background("/usr/local/bin/pakfire", "update", "--force", "--no-colors");
>>>>   } elsif (($cgiparams{'ACTION'} eq 'upgrade') && (!-e $Pakfire::lockfile)) {
>>>> +	# Lock the page.
>>>> +	$page_lock = "1";
>>>>   	&General::system_background("/usr/local/bin/pakfire", "upgrade", "-y", "--no-colors");
>>>>   } elsif ($cgiparams{'ACTION'} eq "$Lang::tr{'save'}") {
>>>>   	$pakfiresettings{"TREE"} = $cgiparams{"TREE"};
>>>> @@ -169,6 +177,43 @@ if ($errormessage) {
>>>>   	&Header::closebox();
>>>>   }
>>>>   +# Check if a page lock is required.
>>>> +if ($page_lock) {
>>>> +	&Header::openbox('Waiting', 1, ,);
>>>> +		print <<END;
>>>> +		<table>
>>>> +			<tr>
>>>> +				<td>
>>>> +					<img src='/images/indicator.gif' alt='$Lang::tr{'active'}' title='$Lang::tr{'active'}'>
>>>> +				</td>
>>>> +
>>>> +				<td>
>>>> +					$Lang::tr{'pakfire working'}
>>>> +				</td>
>>>> +			</tr>
>>>> +		</table>
>>>> +END
>>>> +	&Header::closebox();
>>>> +
>>>> +	# Infinite loop to lock the page until pakfire lockfile is present.
>>>> +	while($page_lock) {
>>>> +		unless (-e $Pakfire::lockfile) {
>>>> +			sleep(1);
>>>> +		} else {
>>>> +			# Release page lock.
>>>> +			undef($page_lock);
>>>> +
>>>> +			# Break loop.
>>>> +			last;
>>>> +		}
>>>> +	}
>>>> +
>>>> +	# Perform page reload.
>>>> +	print "<meta http-equiv='refresh' content='1;'>\n";
>>>> +	exit;
>>>> +}
>>>> +
>>>> +# Check if pakfire is already running. In this case a lockfile is present.
>>>>   if (-e $Pakfire::lockfile) {
>>>>   	&Header::openbox( 'Waiting', 1, "<meta http-equiv='refresh' content='10;'>" );
>>>>   	print <<END;

Re: [PATCH] pakfire.cgi: Implement logic to lock the page until pakfire has been fully launched.

[Bernhard Bitsch]

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Hello,

I can confirm this. Knowing about the issue allows to answer questions 
concerning it in the community.

-Bernhard

Am 10.11.2021 um 09:56 schrieb Michael Tremer:
> Hello,
> 
> I had a brief phone call with Stefan yesterday where he said that he was going to have a look at this again.
> 
> In the meantime he said that the patch can be shipped because it does not break anything, although it doesn’t solve the problem it was meant to solve either.
> 
> Can everybody confirm this?
> 
> -Michael
> 
>> On 5 Nov 2021, at 19:10, Jon Murphy <jcmurphy26(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> In Core Update 161 (testing):  Same issue.  I see the spin and Pakfire is working . . . but no messages.
>>
>> IPFire 2.27 (x86_64) - Core Update 161 Development Build: master/191347cc
>>
>> Jon
>>
>>
>>> On Oct 21, 2021, at 5:17 AM, Bernhard Bitsch <bbitsch(a)ipfire.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> Reviewed-by: Bernhard Bitsch <bbitsch(a)ipfire.org>
>>>
>>> The locking is functioning.
>>> But the excerpt of /var/log/messages isn't displayed.
>>>
>>> Am 18.10.2021 um 21:09 schrieb Stefan Schantl:
>>>> When performing any action which requires pakfire, the page gets locked
>>>> with an message informing the user that pakfire is working. The page
>>>> will be reloaded when pakfire has been launched and is doing the
>>>> requested operation - showing the well known log output. This also
>>>> happens when pakfire has been launched via any kind of terminal or SSH
>>>> session and the CGI gets accessed.
>>>> Internally before pakfire gets started a variable called page_lock will
>>>> be set to lock the page. An while loop will keep the page locked until
>>>> pakfire is launched fully and has written it's lock_file.
>>>> This approach will prevent us from any kind of required time intervall
>>>> or race conditions.
>>>> Signed-off-by: Stefan Schantl <stefan.schantl(a)ipfire.org>
>>>> ---
>>>>   html/cgi-bin/pakfire.cgi | 49 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
>>>>   1 file changed, 47 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>>> diff --git a/html/cgi-bin/pakfire.cgi b/html/cgi-bin/pakfire.cgi
>>>> index 0cf522ba1..f2381f031 100644
>>>> --- a/html/cgi-bin/pakfire.cgi
>>>> +++ b/html/cgi-bin/pakfire.cgi
>>>> @@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ $cgiparams{'VALID'} = '';
>>>>   $cgiparams{'INSPAKS'} = '';
>>>>   $cgiparams{'DELPAKS'} = '';
>>>>   +my $page_lock;
>>>> +
>>>>   sub refreshpage{&Header::openbox( 'Waiting', 1, "<meta http-equiv='refresh' content='1;'>" );print "<center><img src='/images/clock.gif' alt='' /><br/><font color='red'>$Lang::tr{'pagerefresh'}</font></center>";&Header::closebox();}
>>>>     &Header::getcgihash(\%cgiparams);
>>>> @@ -57,8 +59,9 @@ sub refreshpage{&Header::openbox( 'Waiting', 1, "<meta http-equiv='refresh' cont
>>>>   if (($cgiparams{'ACTION'} eq 'install') && (! -e $Pakfire::lockfile)) {
>>>>   	my @pkgs = split(/\|/, $cgiparams{'INSPAKS'});
>>>>   	if ("$cgiparams{'FORCE'}" eq "on") {
>>>> +		# Lock the page.
>>>> +		$page_lock = "1";
>>>>   		&General::system_background("/usr/local/bin/pakfire", "install", "--non-interactive", "--no-colors", @pkgs);
>>>> -		sleep(2);
>>>>   	} else {
>>>>   		&Header::openbox("100%", "center", $Lang::tr{'request'});
>>>>   		my @output = &General::system_output("/usr/local/bin/pakfire", "resolvedeps", "--no-colors", @pkgs);
>>>> @@ -95,8 +98,9 @@ END
>>>>   } elsif (($cgiparams{'ACTION'} eq 'remove') && (! -e $Pakfire::lockfile)) {
>>>>   	my @pkgs = split(/\|/, $cgiparams{'DELPAKS'});
>>>>   	if ("$cgiparams{'FORCE'}" eq "on") {
>>>> +		# Lock the page.
>>>> +		$page_lock = "1";
>>>>   		&General::system_background("/usr/local/bin/pakfire", "remove", "--non-interactive", "--no-colors", @pkgs);
>>>> -		sleep(2);
>>>>   	} else {
>>>>   		&Header::openbox("100%", "center", $Lang::tr{'request'});
>>>>   		my @output = &General::system_output("/usr/local/bin/pakfire", "resolvedeps", "--no-colors", @pkgs);
>>>> @@ -132,8 +136,12 @@ END
>>>>   	}
>>>>     } elsif (($cgiparams{'ACTION'} eq 'update') && (! -e $Pakfire::lockfile)) {
>>>> +	# Set variable to lock the page.
>>>> +	$page_lock = "1";
>>>>   	&General::system_background("/usr/local/bin/pakfire", "update", "--force", "--no-colors");
>>>>   } elsif (($cgiparams{'ACTION'} eq 'upgrade') && (!-e $Pakfire::lockfile)) {
>>>> +	# Lock the page.
>>>> +	$page_lock = "1";
>>>>   	&General::system_background("/usr/local/bin/pakfire", "upgrade", "-y", "--no-colors");
>>>>   } elsif ($cgiparams{'ACTION'} eq "$Lang::tr{'save'}") {
>>>>   	$pakfiresettings{"TREE"} = $cgiparams{"TREE"};
>>>> @@ -169,6 +177,43 @@ if ($errormessage) {
>>>>   	&Header::closebox();
>>>>   }
>>>>   +# Check if a page lock is required.
>>>> +if ($page_lock) {
>>>> +	&Header::openbox('Waiting', 1, ,);
>>>> +		print <<END;
>>>> +		<table>
>>>> +			<tr>
>>>> +				<td>
>>>> +					<img src='/images/indicator.gif' alt='$Lang::tr{'active'}' title='$Lang::tr{'active'}'>
>>>> +				</td>
>>>> +
>>>> +				<td>
>>>> +					$Lang::tr{'pakfire working'}
>>>> +				</td>
>>>> +			</tr>
>>>> +		</table>
>>>> +END
>>>> +	&Header::closebox();
>>>> +
>>>> +	# Infinite loop to lock the page until pakfire lockfile is present.
>>>> +	while($page_lock) {
>>>> +		unless (-e $Pakfire::lockfile) {
>>>> +			sleep(1);
>>>> +		} else {
>>>> +			# Release page lock.
>>>> +			undef($page_lock);
>>>> +
>>>> +			# Break loop.
>>>> +			last;
>>>> +		}
>>>> +	}
>>>> +
>>>> +	# Perform page reload.
>>>> +	print "<meta http-equiv='refresh' content='1;'>\n";
>>>> +	exit;
>>>> +}
>>>> +
>>>> +# Check if pakfire is already running. In this case a lockfile is present.
>>>>   if (-e $Pakfire::lockfile) {
>>>>   	&Header::openbox( 'Waiting', 1, "<meta http-equiv='refresh' content='10;'>" );
>>>>   	print <<END;
>>
> 

Re: [PATCH] pakfire.cgi: Implement logic to lock the page until pakfire has been fully launched.

[Bernhard Bitsch]

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Reviewed-by: Bernhard Bitsch <bbitsch(a)ipfire.org>

The locking is functioning.
But the excerpt of /var/log/messages isn't displayed.

Am 18.10.2021 um 21:09 schrieb Stefan Schantl:
> When performing any action which requires pakfire, the page gets locked
> with an message informing the user that pakfire is working. The page
> will be reloaded when pakfire has been launched and is doing the
> requested operation - showing the well known log output. This also
> happens when pakfire has been launched via any kind of terminal or SSH
> session and the CGI gets accessed.
> 
> Internally before pakfire gets started a variable called page_lock will
> be set to lock the page. An while loop will keep the page locked until
> pakfire is launched fully and has written it's lock_file.
> 
> This approach will prevent us from any kind of required time intervall
> or race conditions.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stefan Schantl <stefan.schantl(a)ipfire.org>
> ---
>   html/cgi-bin/pakfire.cgi | 49 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
>   1 file changed, 47 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/html/cgi-bin/pakfire.cgi b/html/cgi-bin/pakfire.cgi
> index 0cf522ba1..f2381f031 100644
> --- a/html/cgi-bin/pakfire.cgi
> +++ b/html/cgi-bin/pakfire.cgi
> @@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ $cgiparams{'VALID'} = '';
>   $cgiparams{'INSPAKS'} = '';
>   $cgiparams{'DELPAKS'} = '';
>   
> +my $page_lock;
> +
>   sub refreshpage{&Header::openbox( 'Waiting', 1, "<meta http-equiv='refresh' content='1;'>" );print "<center><img src='/images/clock.gif' alt='' /><br/><font color='red'>$Lang::tr{'pagerefresh'}</font></center>";&Header::closebox();}
>   
>   &Header::getcgihash(\%cgiparams);
> @@ -57,8 +59,9 @@ sub refreshpage{&Header::openbox( 'Waiting', 1, "<meta http-equiv='refresh' cont
>   if (($cgiparams{'ACTION'} eq 'install') && (! -e $Pakfire::lockfile)) {
>   	my @pkgs = split(/\|/, $cgiparams{'INSPAKS'});
>   	if ("$cgiparams{'FORCE'}" eq "on") {
> +		# Lock the page.
> +		$page_lock = "1";
>   		&General::system_background("/usr/local/bin/pakfire", "install", "--non-interactive", "--no-colors", @pkgs);
> -		sleep(2);
>   	} else {
>   		&Header::openbox("100%", "center", $Lang::tr{'request'});
>   		my @output = &General::system_output("/usr/local/bin/pakfire", "resolvedeps", "--no-colors", @pkgs);
> @@ -95,8 +98,9 @@ END
>   } elsif (($cgiparams{'ACTION'} eq 'remove') && (! -e $Pakfire::lockfile)) {
>   	my @pkgs = split(/\|/, $cgiparams{'DELPAKS'});
>   	if ("$cgiparams{'FORCE'}" eq "on") {
> +		# Lock the page.
> +		$page_lock = "1";
>   		&General::system_background("/usr/local/bin/pakfire", "remove", "--non-interactive", "--no-colors", @pkgs);
> -		sleep(2);
>   	} else {
>   		&Header::openbox("100%", "center", $Lang::tr{'request'});
>   		my @output = &General::system_output("/usr/local/bin/pakfire", "resolvedeps", "--no-colors", @pkgs);
> @@ -132,8 +136,12 @@ END
>   	}
>   
>   } elsif (($cgiparams{'ACTION'} eq 'update') && (! -e $Pakfire::lockfile)) {
> +	# Set variable to lock the page.
> +	$page_lock = "1";
>   	&General::system_background("/usr/local/bin/pakfire", "update", "--force", "--no-colors");
>   } elsif (($cgiparams{'ACTION'} eq 'upgrade') && (!-e $Pakfire::lockfile)) {
> +	# Lock the page.
> +	$page_lock = "1";
>   	&General::system_background("/usr/local/bin/pakfire", "upgrade", "-y", "--no-colors");
>   } elsif ($cgiparams{'ACTION'} eq "$Lang::tr{'save'}") {
>   	$pakfiresettings{"TREE"} = $cgiparams{"TREE"};
> @@ -169,6 +177,43 @@ if ($errormessage) {
>   	&Header::closebox();
>   }
>   
> +# Check if a page lock is required.
> +if ($page_lock) {
> +	&Header::openbox('Waiting', 1, ,);
> +		print <<END;
> +		<table>
> +			<tr>
> +				<td>
> +					<img src='/images/indicator.gif' alt='$Lang::tr{'active'}' title='$Lang::tr{'active'}'>
> +				</td>
> +
> +				<td>
> +					$Lang::tr{'pakfire working'}
> +				</td>
> +			</tr>
> +		</table>
> +END
> +	&Header::closebox();
> +
> +	# Infinite loop to lock the page until pakfire lockfile is present.
> +	while($page_lock) {
> +		unless (-e $Pakfire::lockfile) {
> +			sleep(1);
> +		} else {
> +			# Release page lock.
> +			undef($page_lock);
> +
> +			# Break loop.
> +			last;
> +		}
> +	}
> +
> +	# Perform page reload.
> +	print "<meta http-equiv='refresh' content='1;'>\n";
> +	exit;
> +}
> +
> +# Check if pakfire is already running. In this case a lockfile is present.
>   if (-e $Pakfire::lockfile) {
>   	&Header::openbox( 'Waiting', 1, "<meta http-equiv='refresh' content='10;'>" );
>   	print <<END;
> 

[PATCH] pakfire.cgi: Implement logic to lock the page until pakfire has been fully launched.

[Stefan Schantl]

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When performing any action which requires pakfire, the page gets locked
with an message informing the user that pakfire is working. The page
will be reloaded when pakfire has been launched and is doing the
requested operation - showing the well known log output. This also
happens when pakfire has been launched via any kind of terminal or SSH
session and the CGI gets accessed.

Internally before pakfire gets started a variable called page_lock will
be set to lock the page. An while loop will keep the page locked until
pakfire is launched fully and has written it's lock_file.

This approach will prevent us from any kind of required time intervall
or race conditions.

Signed-off-by: Stefan Schantl <stefan.schantl(a)ipfire.org>
---
 html/cgi-bin/pakfire.cgi | 49 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 47 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/html/cgi-bin/pakfire.cgi b/html/cgi-bin/pakfire.cgi
index 0cf522ba1..f2381f031 100644
--- a/html/cgi-bin/pakfire.cgi
+++ b/html/cgi-bin/pakfire.cgi
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ $cgiparams{'VALID'} = '';
 $cgiparams{'INSPAKS'} = '';
 $cgiparams{'DELPAKS'} = '';
 
+my $page_lock;
+
 sub refreshpage{&Header::openbox( 'Waiting', 1, "<meta http-equiv='refresh' content='1;'>" );print "<center><img src='/images/clock.gif' alt='' /><br/><font color='red'>$Lang::tr{'pagerefresh'}</font></center>";&Header::closebox();}
 
 &Header::getcgihash(\%cgiparams);
@@ -57,8 +59,9 @@ sub refreshpage{&Header::openbox( 'Waiting', 1, "<meta http-equiv='refresh' cont
 if (($cgiparams{'ACTION'} eq 'install') && (! -e $Pakfire::lockfile)) {
 	my @pkgs = split(/\|/, $cgiparams{'INSPAKS'});
 	if ("$cgiparams{'FORCE'}" eq "on") {
+		# Lock the page.
+		$page_lock = "1";
 		&General::system_background("/usr/local/bin/pakfire", "install", "--non-interactive", "--no-colors", @pkgs);
-		sleep(2);
 	} else {
 		&Header::openbox("100%", "center", $Lang::tr{'request'});
 		my @output = &General::system_output("/usr/local/bin/pakfire", "resolvedeps", "--no-colors", @pkgs);
@@ -95,8 +98,9 @@ END
 } elsif (($cgiparams{'ACTION'} eq 'remove') && (! -e $Pakfire::lockfile)) {
 	my @pkgs = split(/\|/, $cgiparams{'DELPAKS'});
 	if ("$cgiparams{'FORCE'}" eq "on") {
+		# Lock the page.
+		$page_lock = "1";
 		&General::system_background("/usr/local/bin/pakfire", "remove", "--non-interactive", "--no-colors", @pkgs);
-		sleep(2);
 	} else {
 		&Header::openbox("100%", "center", $Lang::tr{'request'});
 		my @output = &General::system_output("/usr/local/bin/pakfire", "resolvedeps", "--no-colors", @pkgs);
@@ -132,8 +136,12 @@ END
 	}
 
 } elsif (($cgiparams{'ACTION'} eq 'update') && (! -e $Pakfire::lockfile)) {
+	# Set variable to lock the page.
+	$page_lock = "1";
 	&General::system_background("/usr/local/bin/pakfire", "update", "--force", "--no-colors");
 } elsif (($cgiparams{'ACTION'} eq 'upgrade') && (!-e $Pakfire::lockfile)) {
+	# Lock the page.
+	$page_lock = "1";
 	&General::system_background("/usr/local/bin/pakfire", "upgrade", "-y", "--no-colors");
 } elsif ($cgiparams{'ACTION'} eq "$Lang::tr{'save'}") {
 	$pakfiresettings{"TREE"} = $cgiparams{"TREE"};
@@ -169,6 +177,43 @@ if ($errormessage) {
 	&Header::closebox();
 }
 
+# Check if a page lock is required.
+if ($page_lock) {
+	&Header::openbox('Waiting', 1, ,);
+		print <<END;
+		<table>
+			<tr>
+				<td>
+					<img src='/images/indicator.gif' alt='$Lang::tr{'active'}' title='$Lang::tr{'active'}'>
+				</td>
+
+				<td>
+					$Lang::tr{'pakfire working'}
+				</td>
+			</tr>
+		</table>
+END
+	&Header::closebox();
+
+	# Infinite loop to lock the page until pakfire lockfile is present.
+	while($page_lock) {
+		unless (-e $Pakfire::lockfile) {
+			sleep(1);
+		} else {
+			# Release page lock.
+			undef($page_lock);
+
+			# Break loop.
+			last;
+		}
+	}
+
+	# Perform page reload.
+	print "<meta http-equiv='refresh' content='1;'>\n";
+	exit;
+}
+
+# Check if pakfire is already running. In this case a lockfile is present.
 if (-e $Pakfire::lockfile) {
 	&Header::openbox( 'Waiting', 1, "<meta http-equiv='refresh' content='10;'>" );
 	print <<END;
-- 
2.30.2